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Details: Written by Darlene Superville, Associated Press; Published: 27 July 2015

The president is holding a meeting on South Sudan to seek an end to violence and human rights abuses in Africa's newest country

Details: Written by JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press; Published: 26 July 2015

More than 6,000 athletes from 165 countries streamed into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Details: Written by Catherine Lucey, Associated Press; Published: 26 July 2015

The candidate for the Democratic presidential omination says she never sent or received classified information with private emails

Details: Written by Darlene Superville, Associated Press; Published: 25 July 2015

President Obama will speak to President Kenyatta about al-Shabab terror threats

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 24 July 2015

Geneva Reed-Veal, mother of Sandra Bland, listens to family attorney Cannon Lambert Sr. during a news conference at Dupage African Methodist Episcopal Church on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in Lisle, Ill. Bland was arrested and taken to the Waller County jail, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Houston on July 10 and found dead July 13. Officials say Bland hanged herself with a plastic garbage bag in her jail cell, a contention her family and supporters dispute. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)

Family, friends say Sandra Bland unlikely to end her life

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 24 July 2015

Helped by an aide, left, Sarah Obama, step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, boards the plane at Kisumu International Airport, Friday, July 24, 2015, on her way to Nairobi to receive her grandson. (AP Photo/James Keyee)

Obama arrived in Nairobi today

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 20 July 2015

Activist, actor, author and judge passes at age 73

Details: Written by Darlene Superville, Associated Press; Published: 20 July 2015

Muhammadu Buhari seeks US assistance in fight against Boko Haram

Details: Written by By Damon C. Williams Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune; Published: 20 July 2015

The president told the NAACP that racial bias and lack of equal opportunities drive Black men into the prison system

Details: Written by Nancy Benac, Associated Press; Published: 20 July 2015

The president will attend a fundraiser as well as spending time with his daughters

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